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Pioneering audio tech company MQA is seeking a buyer and undergoing a restructuring process.
MQA is going into administration : Read more
MQA is going into administration : Read more
I’m pretty sure Tidal offered to import my Qobuz play lists, so I’m guessing the reverse might apply, if it comes to it.MQA in Administration
My concern is that this may impact my Tidal subscription.
I have years invested in curating my Tidal playlists. They have done a good job of applying my preferences to their suggested listening. I like the UI and flexibility to play Tidal on any of my streaming devices. I "like" at least one new album per week.
The only perceived advantage of the MQA compression is that I can download large "hi-res" playlists to my portable streamers.
Let's hope that Tidal can afford to quickly convert their "Masters" to the original hi-res content (like Qobuz). If I were Tidal I would have a production line going already.
Meanwhile I have exported all my playlists to .CSV in case I need to use Soundiz to move to another platform.
I agree with you. If you are living in rented accommodation with no access to broadband and want to listen to some hi-res music, MQA might be the only option to avoid extra excessive mobile phone bills.While the necessity for MQA‘s hi-res compression is now not required by most people there might still be a use for it when streaming over 4/5G on a mobile. For this reason it might yet be of interest if it became an open standard.